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The Verge
23-05-2025
- Health
- The Verge
'It's persecution.'
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' which would ban gender-affirming care for Medicaid recipients as well as those insured under the Affordable Care Act. House Republican leadership struck the phrase 'for minors' with an amendment last night. Some Democrats are pushing back. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told The Independent, 'It's horrible, and obviously the fight doesn't end here.' The bill now heads to Senate.
The Verge
22-05-2025
- Health
- The Verge
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM EDT
'It's persecution.' On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' which would ban gender-affirming care for Medicaid recipients as well as those insured under the Affordable Care Act. House Republican leadership struck the phrase 'for minors' with an amendment last night. Some Democrats are pushing back. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told The Independent, 'It's horrible, and obviously the fight doesn't end here.' The bill now heads to Senate.
The Independent
13-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Parkland survivor David Hogg to be ousted from DNC following investigation into his election
A Democratic National Committee panel has found that gun control activist David Hogg and a colleague were not properly elected to be among its five vice chairs earlier this year, paving the way for their removal. Hogg, 25, rose to national prominence after surviving the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, and co-founding March for Our Lives. Donald Trump and the Democratic Party's failure to earn the trust of the electorate. Hogg made waves last month by announcing that his new organization, Leaders We Deserve, co-founded with Kevin Lata – the former campaign manager of Florida Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the first Gen-Z member of Congress – intends to support primary challengers to 'out-of-touch, ineffective' House Democrats occupying safe congressional seats that, it believes, have not done enough to oppose the Trump administration. In what has already been interpreted as an attack on that strategy, the DNC's Credentials Committee on Monday upheld a complaint brought by Oklahoma activist Kalyn Free, who lost out on one of the vice chair positions in February 1's elections and subsequently accused the DNC of breaking its own rules on gender diversity, potentially invalidating the elections of Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta. A full DNC vote will now be held on the committee's findings, which could mean new elections being staged, with the same five candidates, including Hogg and Kenyatta, on the ballot once again. 'While this vote was based on how the DNC conducted its officers' elections, which I had nothing to do with, it is also impossible to ignore the broader context of my work to reform the party which loomed large over this vote,' Hogg responded in a statement. 'I ran to be DNC Vice Chair to help make the Democratic Party better, not to defend an indefensible status quo that has caused voters in almost every demographic group to move away from us. 'The DNC has pledged to remove me, and this vote has provided an avenue to fast-track that effort.' Kenyatta also reacted strongly, calling it 'a slap in the face' and complaining that he had 'worked [his] a** off to get this role and have done the job every day since I've held it.' He also rejected media framing of the ruling as an internal effort to oust Hogg, saying the story was not only about his colleague, 'even though he clearly wants it to be.' For his part, DNC Chairman Ken Martin said: 'I am disappointed to learn that before I became chair, there was a procedural error in the February vice chair elections. 'The Credentials Committee has issued their recommendation, and I trust that the DNC members will carefully review the committee's resolution and resolve this matter fairly. 'I thank all of our officers for their service, including Vice Chairs Kenyatta and Hogg, and look forward to continuing to work with them in their officer posts as this matter is resolved.' Before Monday's ruling, Martin had posted on X: 'I am more committed than ever to introduce the slate of structural reforms that enshrine these values into the official rules of the Democratic Party. These reforms will require all party officers – including myself – to remain neutral in primaries. 'They will ensure no party official can abuse their position to tilt the outcome of an election. Whether you're a challenger or an incumbent, 18 or 80, the rules must apply equally. 'Do I have opinions? Of course. But when you lead the institution tasked with calling the balls and strikes, you don't get to also swing the bat.' His thread could likewise be construed as a rebuke of Hogg, whose plans to put the heat under Democrats he considers complacent have ruffled the feathers of party elders, most notably Bill Clinton's former strategist James Carville, who labelled him 'a contemptible little twerp' in a NewsNation interview before changing his tune.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Democratic Rep. Frost and Sen. Murphy hold town hall in Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy held a town hall in Sarasota on Saturday. The stop was part of their 'On the Road' campaign, where they travel across the country visiting the districts of Republican congressmembers who they say refuse to face their own constituents. Sarasota is in Congressional District 17, which overwhelmingly reelected Republican incumbent Rep. Greg Steube in the 2024 elections. 'We're going to districts where the Republican congressperson refuses to meet with their people,' Frost said. 'And where they're leaving a void open, we are filling that void and speaking with the people about what's going on in this country.' The two congressmen spoke at length about potential cuts to social programs like Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, veterans' benefits and nutritional assistance programs like SNAP. 'In the richest country on the face of the earth, everybody deserves healthcare by virtue of being alive, and nothing else,' Frost said. Sen. Murphy ripped into Rep. Greg Steube for refusing to host a town hall in Sarasota, accusing him of only answering to 'the billionaire class, creepy MAGA weirdos that surround Donald Trump, and his cult leader.' Murphy also spoke about corruption in the federal government and warned the audience not to overlook actions just because they're widely publicized. 'Just because the corruption is playing out in public view, doesn't mean it's not corruption,' he said. He referenced the President's meme coin, $TRUMP, as an example. 'The meme coin is one of the most corrupt things a president has done in the history of the United States,' Murphy said. Last week, Trump took to Truth Social to promote a dinner he's attending later this month that those with enough coins can attend. The senator encouraged the audience to do one thing every day, no matter how small, to 'put an end to this thievery and corruption.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
The ‘Trump Honeymoon' is over: Democrats continue town hall push in deep red districts
Today, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) continued their town hall push in Florida's GOP-held 17th congressional district, the latest stop in their tour of deep red districts where Congressmembers are refusing to hold town halls with their constituents.
